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Tue, 31 Mar 2015 20:50:31 GMT2015-03-31T20:50:31ZThe Power of the Mine : A Transformative Opportunity for Sub-Saharan Africahttp://hdl.handle.net/10986/21402
The Power of the Mine : A Transformative Opportunity for Sub-Saharan Africa
Banerjee, Sudeshna Ghosh; Romo, Zayra; McMahon, Gary; Toledano, Perrine; Robinson, Peter; Pérez Arroyo, Inés
Africa needs power - to grow its economies and enhance the welfare of its people. Power for all is still a long distance away - two thirds of the population remains without electricity and enterprises rank electricity as a top constraint to doing business. This sub-optimal situation coexists while vast energy resources remain untapped. One solution to harness these resources could be to tap into the concept of anchor load. Mining industry lends itself to the concept of anchor load as it needs power in large quantity and reliable quality to run its processes. Underpinned by a comprehensive database of mining projects between 2000 and 2020, this report explores the potential and challenges of using mining demand for power as anchor load for national power system development and expansion of electrification.
This report finds that mining demand can indeed be a game-changer - an opportunity where policymakers and international community can make a difference in tapping the enormous mineral wealth of Africa for the benefit of so many people. The utilities would benefit from having mining companies as creditworthy consumers that facilitate generation and transmission investments producing economies of scale needed for large infrastructure projects, benefiting all consumers in the system. The mines would benefit from grid supply - typically priced much lower than self-supply - which allows them to focus on their core business, greatly enhancing their competitiveness. The country would benefit from more exports and tax revenues from mines, more job opportunities in local firms selling goods and services to the mines, and a higher GDP.
The report estimates that mining demand for power can triple since 2000 going upto 23 GW in 2030. While South Africa will continue to be the dominant presence in mining landscape, its importance will reduce and other countries, primarily in Southern African region, will emerge as important contributers of mining demand for power. Simulations in countries with minimal power-mining interface suggests that bringing this demand explicitly into the power planning process can ensure more investments in both grid and off-grid power systems and potentially superior service delivery outcomes for mines as well as communities. These opportunities can also be attractive investment destinations for private sector. However, there are also risks and institutional roadblocks in power-mining integration - addressing many of them and employing risk mitigation mechanism are within the control of policymakers.
Thu, 05 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/10986/214022015-02-05T00:00:00ZICSID 2014 Annual Reporthttp://hdl.handle.net/10986/21371
ICSID 2014 Annual Report
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
The Centre s activities in fiscal year
2014 are presented in detail in this report. They
demonstrate why the Centre is still considered the lead
international institution in this field. ICSID benefits from
a broad and diverse membership, representing States from all
legal traditions. In the past year ICSID welcomed Canada as
the 150th Member State, and the Republic of San Marino as
the 159th signatory State to the ICSID Convention.
Similarly, ICSID has encouraged the development of a larger
and more diverse group of case decision-makers, who reflect
the diversity of ICSID s membership. It has adopted
practices to propose arbitrators and conciliators from all
States and of both genders, and has made progress in
reaching this objective. Likewise, Member States have
contributed to this objective by designating 82 new persons
to the Panels of Arbitrators and of Conciliators in the past year.
Mon, 01 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/10986/213712014-09-01T00:00:00ZMENA Quarterly Economic Brief, January 2015 : Plunging Oil Priceshttp://hdl.handle.net/10986/21349
MENA Quarterly Economic Brief, January 2015 : Plunging Oil Prices
Devarajan, Shanta; Mottaghi, Lili
This issue of the MENA Quarterly
Economic Brief focuses on the implications of low oil prices
for eight developing countries, or the MENA-8 (oil
importers: Egypt, Tunisia, Lebanon and Jordan and oil
exporters: Iran, Iraq, Yemen and Libya) and the economies of
the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council), who play a major role in
providing funds in the form of aid, investment, tourism
revenues and remittances to the rest of the countries of the
region. We make the following assumptions about the future
price of oil: (i) The price will average $65 Brent p/b in
2015; (ii) a higher price $78 Brent p/b will be used for
comparison analysis. As with other economic variables, there
is uncertainty associated with the future price of oil,
which adds to the error involved in projections. The data
for 2015 2017 in the figures and tables are projections.
These projections are based on statistical information
available through early January 2015.
Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/10986/213492015-01-01T00:00:00ZNiger's HIV Response : Targeted Investments for a Healthy Futurehttp://hdl.handle.net/10986/20600
Niger's HIV Response : Targeted Investments for a Healthy Future
Fraser, Nicole; Cheikh, Nejma; Haacker, Markus; Masaki, Emiko; Karamoko, Djibrilla; Gorgens, Marelize; Kerr, Cliff; Gray, Richard; Shattock, Andrew; Wilson, David; Frescura, Luisa; Konan, Claude; Alhousseini, Zeinabou; Harouna, Zakou
The main objective of the study is to
provide a comprehensive analysis of HIV and health financing
needs, investment opportunities, and health system
development in the context of the Government of Niger's
HIV National Strategic Plan (NSP) 2013-17. The analysis
provides support for HIV policy decision-making, investment
scenarios and programmatic targeting and prioritization. In
addition, the analysis helps Niger build the case for HIV
and health impact investment including delivering estimates
of health care savings as a result of these investments. The
analysis was implemented by the World Bank in collaboration
with UNAIDS from a request for analytical support from the
Government of Niger. The study involved a desk review of
HIV- and health-related evidence, epidemic trends and
financial modeling. The Optima model (formerly Prevtool) was
used to estimate optimal resource allocation during the NSP,
and the impact and cost-effectiveness of past HIV
investments. A financial commitment framework was used to
estimate longer-term costs and savings of the HIV program
and the fiscal dimension of HIV in Niger.
Sun, 01 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/10986/206002014-06-01T00:00:00Z